Talk about putting your money where your mouth is: Sony is packaging its waterproof walkman inside bottles full of water. Sony's NWZ-W270 MP3 player is not new -- it has been launched at CES 2013, coupled with ads showing swimmers using the device un...

The days of struggling to insert a crinkled dollar bill into a vending machine and watching your precious bag of Cheetos get stuck on the way down may be over, thanks to smarter high-tech vending technology developed by SAP Hana. The new solution all...

International lingerie company Wacoal revealed a bra vending machine this past Friday at its Une NaNa Cool brand specialty shop in Shibuya, Japan. The vending machine is stocked with the brand's wireless Fun Fun Week bras. Customers can check out a s...

A laptop bag might protect your computer from the elements but it could also act as a bullseye for muggers. For students on late-night studying binges, schlepping their tech around campus might not be ideal. Drexel University in Philadelphia has an i...

Vending machine technology is slowly adapting to the social media age. The latest innovation is a new machine from PepsiCo that lets consumers gift drinks to friends. As the video above outlines, you can play a game to win a free drink and then email...

Roto-a-Matic is a collaboration between Chicago-based product development specialists Squibbles Ink and designer toy store Rotofugi. Taking on the vintage Mold-a-Rama machine, the new project aims to redesign the molds that make plastic toys in less ...

Argentina is home to the most soccer fans in the world, but in the Salta Province, you'll find die-hard rugby fans. To promote the Argentinean beer brand Cerveza Salta, creative agency Ogilvy created the Rugbeer vending machine, which has a built-in ...

One ingenious baker has found a way to make sure his customers have access to fresh baguettes -- a staple of French meals -- at all hours. Jean-Louis Hecht has opened coin-operated baguette vending machines outside his bakeries in Paris and Hombourg-...

The game of vending machine one-upsmanship between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo continues with Coke's "Friendship Machine." Coca-Cola actually planted the machines in Argentina last August to celebrate International Friendship Day, but just this week upload...

Coca-Cola launched a viral video last year that featured a magical vending machine that spat out pizzas and free Cokes. Now, rival Pepsi has introduced a real vending machine that has a magical property of its own: It’s social media-enabled. PepsiCo’...

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